After airlines nearly lost the Chet Atkins prototype
given to Scotty by his good and longtime friend (the
late) Chet Atkins he had one custom built to his specifications by
Gibson master craftsman Jim Hutchins. This has now been his primary
guitar and in 2002, based on his modifications, Gibson introduced a
Chet Atkins without a Bigsby, essentially a "Scotty
Moore modeled Country Gentleman".

Scotty's custom built Chet Atkins Country Gentlemen

Name tag on Case

Label bearing Serial #92258001

Ray Butts custom made pickups

In May of 2004 Scotty had Don Dean install a Hipshot
Extender (Drop Tuner) on this guitar. Don has been working on
Scotty's guitars for some time now and actually reused the Gibson button
on the Schaller machine. The extender allows him to accurately
detune the 'E' string on his guitar to a 'D' quickly during a performance
to facilitate the playing of certain songs, such as the intro to
"Don't Be Cruel". He never quite liked it so had
Don remove it in November.